Student Outcome Data

Employment Rates of Graduates Within One Year of Graduation

Employment rates of the program’s graduates are high. During
the past three academic years (2011-2012 through 2013-2014), 100 percent of our
graduates were employed in the profession of speech-language pathology within
one year of graduation. In fact, many graduate students typically find
employment within the profession prior to graduation.

Academic Year

Number of Graduates (#)

Percent of Graduates (%)

2013 - 2014

31

100

2012 - 2013

38

100

2011 - 2012

39

100

Three-Year Average

100%

Praxis Examination Pass Rates of Graduates

Requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language
Pathology (CCC-SLP) and the State of Illinois license in speech-language
pathology include successful completion of the Praxis national examination in
speech-language pathology. The pass rates for our students are very
high. During the past three academic years (2011-2012 through
2013-2014), the program's average pass rate was 98 percent (98%). This pass rate exceeds the national
pass rate for the examination.

Academic Year

Number of StudentsTaking the Examination

Number of StudentsPassed (#)

Pass Rate (%)

2013 - 2014

28

28

100

2012 - 2013

32

32

100

2011 - 2012

37

36

97.3

Three-Year Average

98%

Program Completion Rates

Program completion rates are very high. The graduate program
in Communication Disorders has one of the highest retention rates in the
university. The program occasionally will have graduate students who do not
complete the program for a variety of reasons (academic and non-academic). Since
Fall 2007, the percentage of graduate students who were admitted to the program
during a particular academic year and who completed the graduate program (or are
in the process of completing the graduate program) ranged from ninety-four
percent (94.3%) (cohort admitted in Fall 2012) to one-hundred percent (100%)
in other years. Of those students admitted to our graduate program since Fall
2007, only seven students did not complete the program.

Academic Year

Number (#)Completed Program WithinExpected Time
Frame

Number (#)Completed Program LaterThan ExpectedTime
Frame

Number (#) NotCompleting

Percentage (%)Completing WithinExpected Time
Frame

2013 - 2014

26

5

3

91

2012 - 2013

37

1

0

97.4

2011 - 2012

37

2

0

94.9

Three-YearAverage

97%

NOTE:

The above data represent the number of students who graduated in a
specified academic year and the proportion of them who graduated within five
years of entering the program. On average, part-time students take six
graduate credit hours (i.e., two academic courses) per term and complete the
program in about three years (i.e., 9 terms). Full-time students take nine
graduate credits (i.e., three academic courses) per term and complete the
program in about 2-1/3rd years (i.e., 7 terms). It is difficult to group
students within cohorts because students can attend either full-time or
part-time. In addition, there is considerable variability regarding the time
frame for each student’s program. There is a program expectation, however, that
all students will complete degree requirements within five years of admission.